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in the upper part. Leaves of a pair similar, snbequal or ratber 

 different in size, ovate to oblong or elliptic, acute or subacuminate, 

 rounded at the base, entire, somewhat fleshy, green above, pale beneath, 

 distinctly 7-nerved from near the base (upper pair •2--25 in. above the 

 base) ; petioles •4-1-2 in. long. Cymes 2-6-flowered, umbelliforra, 

 terminal, peduncled; peduncle slender, '5-1 in. long; pedicels -OS-l in. 

 long. Calyx rather slender, sabcarapanulate, •12-' 15 in. long ; teeth 

 short, broad, triangular. Petals elliptic to obovoid, obtuse or subacute, 

 •5--6 in. by 'Sb-'4i in., pink, with a line of gland-tipped hairs on the back. 

 Anthers acuminate, slender, •23--27 in. long. Style filiform; stigma 

 punctiform. Fruit trigonous, shortly obconical, about "27 in. long, 

 muricate, on stout muricate pedicels ; valves "2 in. broad. 



Perak; Scortechini ! Tumbung Parbat, ScoHechini 422! Gunong 

 Batu Patch, 4500 ft., Wray 260. Malacca ; Bujong, Curtis 3297 ! 



11. SoNERiLA MOLLIS, Stapf and King. An ascending, sparingly 

 branched or unbranched herb, about 1 ft. high, densely and adpressedly 

 tomentose along stem and petioles, and on the underside of the leaves 

 along the nerves, and besides almost cobwebby on botli sides of the 

 young leaves ; all the hairs soft and reddish when dry. Stem often 

 rooting in the lower part, terete or subquadrangular in the upper part. 

 Leaves o£ a pair similar, but differing more or less in size, elliptic to 

 ovate-elliptic, shortly and acutely acuminate, rounded at the base, 

 entire, somewhat fleshy, very dark green and quite glabrous above when 

 adult, pale and glabrescent beneath between the nerves, the larger 

 2-3 in. by 1-2 in., distinctly 5-7 -nerved from near the base (upper 

 pair of side nerves •25-'27 in., distant from the base) ; petioles '4 — 1 in. 

 lono-. Cymes 2-4-flowered, umbelliform or flowers solitary, terminal, 

 peduncled, glabrous ; peduncle about '5 in. long, slender ; pedicels 

 •2-"24 in. long, very slender. Cahjx slender, subcampanulate, •18--2 in. 

 long ; teeth very short and broad, triangular. Petals elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, '4 in. long. Anthers acuminate, •2--22 in. long. Style filiform ; 

 stio-ma punctiform. Fruit trigonous, shortly obconical, '24 in. long, 

 smooth ; valves •2-*24 in. long. 



Perak ; Wray^ Scortechini ! Summit of Gunong Batu Patch, 6700 ft., 

 Wray 375 ! 



12. SoNERiLA ALBIPLORA, Stapf and King. An ascending or suberecfc, 

 more or less branched herb, 9-12 in. high, densely and adpressedly 

 hirsute along stem and petioles and more sparingly on the underside of 

 the leaves, and with gland-tipped spreading hairs on pedicels, calyx 

 and midrib of petals. Stem ratber slender, terete or subquadrangular 

 in the upper part. Leaves of a pair similar and rather equal in size, 

 lanceolate to ovate- or obvate-lanceolate, acute or subacuminate at both 

 ends, entire or almost so, fleshy, very dark green (almost black when 



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